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[valleychicks]

I need help guys. I have a $10 gift on ebay and so, obviously, have to order some eggs.

But I CANNOT decide.

Ameraucana?
Faverolles?
Legbar?.. Rhodebar??
Something else?

How many chickens do you have and what breeds?

 

[valleychicks]

And Valley- so weird about the bird killing!! Can't say I've seen/heard of that..

I've heard of chickens killing frogs, lizards, mice but not wild birds. Maybe Robo is right and it ran into something and died and the hen just picked it up. Gave me the creeps though. She looked like she was running with the Olympic torch. "look at me, look at me"...

 

[carcar80]

Not a lot.. I have the Partridge Brahmas (4 hens and two boys) and more coming from Papa Brooder in March.

I have two EE and a black sex link.. And then the Marans rooster in with them hoping for se Olive Eggers..

Then I have 13 chicks from the EE hens (from when the BLRW roo was with them- he's gone now).. Have 8 more of those eggs in lockdown for tomorrow/Sunday hatch. I'm out of room in the indoor brooder I'm currently using too lol. :/

And lots of other EE eggs in the bator, along with the Marans eggs.

Hmm. Maybe I DON'T need more eggs.

 

[valleychicks]

Not a lot.. I have the Partridge Brahmas (4 hens and two boys) and more coming from Papa Brooder in March.

I have two EE and a black sex link.. And then the Marans rooster in with them hoping for se Olive Eggers..

Then I have 13 chicks from the EE hens (from when the BLRW roo was with them- he's gone now).. Have 8 more of those eggs in lockdown for tomorrow/Sunday hatch. I'm out of room in the indoor brooder I'm currently using too lol.

And lots of other EE eggs in the bator, along with the Marans eggs.

Hmm. Maybe I DON'T need more eggs.

LOL! Maybe you need another brooder.

 

[amandarc]

It could have flown into the fence and gotten picked up by the chickens just before you saw the event.  I wouldn't concern myself about having zombie killer chickens or anything.  But it's well known adult hens will peck to death babies that don't belong to them.  Little ones can't be added to the adult pen until they are old enough to defend themselves or run fast enough to avoid injury.

Yes, this happened a few weeks ago to one of my younger ones that flew over their partition. A big chicken pecked it to death, it was awful.

 

[amandarc]

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/find-blue-chicken-egg-congrats-your-chicken-has-virus

Read this today, kinda interesting

 

[RoboDuck]

Hmm.... don't the Isbar or Legbars lay blue eggs? I forget which one. Flower will know. Hopefully she'll get out of bed soon and join us.

 

[Flowerbh]

Hmm.... don't the Isbar or Legbars lay blue eggs? I forget which one. Flower will know. Hopefully she'll get out of bed soon and join us.

Legbars lay blue, Isbar lay moss green

 

[Flowerbh]

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/find-blue-chicken-egg-congrats-your-chicken-has-virus

Read this today, kinda interesting

That writer needed to do more research. He acted like brown is an egg shell color. It is not! Brown eggs come from the coating put on a white egg shell by the hen as the egg leaves the body!

 

[amandarc]

That writer needed to do more research.  He acted like brown is an egg shell color.  It is not!  Brown eggs come from the coating put on a white egg shell by the hen as the egg leaves the body!  

yeah, I tend to take these random articles lightly... not really knowing who is writing these pieces. Even so, it was interesting.